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Constant Contact Alternatives in 2026: Official Prices We Could Verify — and One We Could Not
Official USD prices for tools people compare with Constant Contact, checked on November 13, 2026. Constant Contact's own official pricing pages could not be verified from our research environment (HTTP 403); we do not invent those figures.
On this page
- The short answer
- How we researched this guide — including the Constant Contact gap
- How to compare official alternatives without a Constant Contact price
- A checklist for the official Constant Contact page, when you can open it
- Official ActiveCampaign prices at list sizes you can actually check
- Official starting prices we could verify
- What this page will not do
- FAQ
- Sources and method
The short answer
Switcher intent around Constant Contact is real: people look for official email and automation tools with a published free plan, a mid-market CRM path, or a dated contact-tier ladder they can check without sitting through a sales call. This page compares official alternatives we could verify. It does not invent Constant Contact's current USD prices.
On November 13, 2026 (America/Denver), requests to Constant Contact's official pricing URLs, including constantcontact.com/pricing and close official variants (/pricing-and-plans, /price, /en-us/pricing), returned HTTP 403 from our research environment (Cloudflare challenge on the official domain). A Constant Contact Knowledge Base home page loaded, but it did not give us a usable official rate card in the search we ran. We therefore do not publish Constant Contact dollar figures, plan starting prices, or a reconstructed price ladder. If you are leaving Constant Contact, open the official pricing page in your own browser, record the live plan names and rates, and compare them with the dated official figures below.
Official alternatives we did record the same day:
- ActiveCampaign: no official free plan; Starter / Plus / Pro / Enterprise from $15 / $49 / $79 / $145 a month billed yearly (or $19 / $59 / $99 / $179 month-to-month) at a 1,000-contact minimum. 14-day trial, no credit card required, and a vendor 30-day money-back line. See ActiveCampaign pricing and ActiveCampaign review.
- Mailchimp: official Free plan at 250 contacts; Essentials from $13 and Standard from $20 at 500 contacts; Premium from $350 at 10,000 contacts. See ActiveCampaign vs Mailchimp See also ActiveCampaign vs Mailchimp for official Mailchimp caps.
- MailerLite: official Free plan at 250 subscribers; Comfort from $12 a month ($10.80 yearly-billed) at 500 subscribers. See MailerLite alternatives.
- Kit (formerly ConvertKit): official Free plan up to 10,000 subscribers; Creator $33 a month or $390 billed yearly at the official 1,000-subscriber display. See Kit (ConvertKit) alternatives.
- Brevo (the official site redirects Sendinblue pages to Brevo): official free-forever plan; Starter $9 a month or $97 a year, from 5,000 emails a month. See Brevo alternatives.
- GetResponse: official Starter $19 a month or $15.58 annually at 1,000 subscribers, with unlimited monthly sends in the official starting copy; official Marketer $59 or $48.38 annually; official 14-day trial and a vendor 50% charity discount (vendor offer, not our coupon).
- HubSpot: official Free CRM; official Marketing Starter at a $20 list price per seat, with an official new-customer promotion; official Marketing Hub Professional from $800–$890 a month plus $3,000 onboarding. See HubSpot alternatives.
- Klaviyo: official Free plan; Email from $20 and Marketing from a $25 list price at 500 active profiles. See Klaviyo alternatives.
See ActiveCampaign's official plans
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How we researched this guide — including the Constant Contact gap
For every vendor in the list above except Constant Contact, prices and limits come from official pricing pages or the official catalogs those pages load, checked November 13, 2026 (America/Denver), and already cited in the linked guides. For Constant Contact, we attempted official pricing URLs the same day and received HTTP 403 responses. We did not fill the gap from memory, from third-party “starts at $X” blogs, or from older screenshots. A missing official rate card is a research limit, not an invitation to guess.
When you can open constantcontact.com/pricing, write down the official plan names, the billing unit (contacts, subscribers, or something else), the starting paid price, whether a free plan or trial is advertised, send caps, seat caps, and any vendor promotions. Then compare those official lines with the dated tables here. If this site later obtains a verifiable official Constant Contact catalog, we will date-stamp an update rather than quietly invent numbers now.
How to compare official alternatives without a Constant Contact price
Use official limits, not a brand preference. The questions below work even when one vendor's public rate card is temporarily unreadable.
Do you need a free plan? Official ActiveCampaign did not publish one. Official Mailchimp, MailerLite, Kit, Brevo, Klaviyo, HubSpot, and Omnisend did, with very different caps (250 contacts or subscribers on several tools; 10,000 subscribers on official Kit Free; Brevo official Free with up to 300 emails a day after sending approval). If a $0 official plan is why you are leaving Constant Contact, start with those published caps, not with ActiveCampaign Starter.
Is your list under 1,000 contacts? Official ActiveCampaign still starts at the 1,000-contact price. Official Mailchimp Essentials ($13) and Standard ($20), official MailerLite Comfort ($12 or $10.80 yearly-billed), official Klaviyo Email ($20), and official Brevo Starter ($9 or $97 a year) all publish paid entry points at or around 500 contacts, subscribers, or a send band. Those are better published comparisons for a small official list than interpolating an ActiveCampaign 500-contact price that does not exist.
Do you want mid-market automation plus a CRM path? Official ActiveCampaign Plus, from $59 a month or $49 yearly-billed at 1,000 contacts, is the first AC plan whose published grid includes landing pages, generative AI, cross-channel marketing, and add-on CRM pipelines and SMS. Official HubSpot Marketing Professional is a different official band ($800–$890 a month plus $3,000 onboarding). Official ActiveCampaign is not a full HubSpot suite replacement.
Do you want official unlimited or very high sends at a mid-list size? Official Kit FAQ states no sending limits on any plan. Official GetResponse starting copy at 1,000 subscribers advertised unlimited monthly sends on Starter at $19 a month (or $15.58 annually). Official MailerLite Power includes unlimited monthly emails subject to fair use, from $25 a month ($22.50 yearly-billed) at 500 subscribers. Official ActiveCampaign uses 10× / 12× / 15× contact caps.
Do you want ecommerce-first official packaging? Official Klaviyo Email and Marketing, and official Omnisend's email-and-SMS pricing page, are the catalogs to compare first. Official ActiveCampaign can still be a fit for ecommerce lists at official Plus prices, but it does not publish Klaviyo's official Marketing-bundle rows (social, reviews, Customer Hub) the same way.
A checklist for the official Constant Contact page, when you can open it
Because we could not verify official Constant Contact prices, the useful work is to capture the official quote yourself and line it up with a vendor whose catalog we could date. When the official pricing page loads, record at least:
- Plan names as the vendor prints them, not unofficial nicknames from a blog.
- The billing unit — contacts, active contacts, or something else — and whether unsubscribed or bounced addresses count. Official Mailchimp help counts subscribed, unsubscribed, and non-subscribed contacts. Official MailerLite counts active subscribers, with a cumulative in-cycle rule. Official Klaviyo bills on active profiles you can market to. Official ActiveCampaign bills on contacts with a 1,000-contact minimum. A “same list size” comparison is only honest if the units are the same, or if you say they are not.
- Starting paid price at the list size you actually have, month-to-month and yearly if both are published. Do not interpolate a missing official band.
- Free plan or trial copy, including credit-card requirements and duration. Official ActiveCampaign is a 14-day trial with no credit card in the copy we recorded, and no official free plan.
- Send caps, seat caps, and listed add-ons. Official ActiveCampaign uses 10× / 12× / 15× send multiples and included seats of 1 / 1 / 3 / 5. Official Kit FAQ states no sending limits. Official GetResponse starting copy advertised unlimited monthly sends on Starter at 1,000 subscribers.
- Vendor promotions, labeled as the vendor's offer, not as a coupon from this site.
Bring those official Constant Contact lines back to the dated table above. If official Constant Contact is already cheaper, or already includes the features you use, this page does not argue for a switch.
Official ActiveCampaign prices at list sizes you can actually check
If your official Constant Contact quote is at a contact count ActiveCampaign also publishes, these official USD catalog rows (month-to-month / yearly-billed monthly equivalent, November 13, 2026) are the right comparison — after you confirm the billing units match:
| Contacts | Starter | Plus | Pro |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1,000 | $19 / $15 | $59 / $49 | $99 / $79 |
| 2,500 | $49 / $39 | $119 / $95 | $189 / $149 |
| 5,000 | $99 / $79 | $179 / $145 | $259 / $205 |
| 10,000 | $189 / $149 | $239 / $189 | $469 / $375 |
| 25,000 | $489 / $391 (last official Starter tier) | $489 / $389 | $789 / $629 |
Official Plus is the first AC plan whose published grid includes landing pages, generative AI, cross-channel marketing, and CRM or SMS add-ons. Official Starter is cheaper at the low end of this table and tighter on official limits. There is still no official ActiveCampaign row below 1,000 contacts.
Official starting prices we could verify
| Vendor (official, 13 Nov 2026) | Official free or trial entry | Lowest official paid starting price we recorded | Billing unit / band |
|---|---|---|---|
| Constant Contact | Could not verify (official pricing URLs returned HTTP 403) | Not published here | Check the live official page |
| ActiveCampaign | 14-day trial, no credit card; no official free plan | $15/month billed yearly, or $19 month-to-month, Starter | 1,000-contact minimum |
| Mailchimp | Free plan, 250 contacts, 500 sends/month; 14-day trial advertised | Essentials $13/month at 500 contacts | Contacts |
| MailerLite | Free plan, 250 subscribers, 2,500 emails/month; 14-day premium trial | Comfort $12/month ($10.80 yearly-billed) at 500 subscribers | Active subscribers |
| Kit (ConvertKit) | Free plan up to 10,000 subscribers; 14-day Creator/Pro trial | Creator $33/month or $390/year at the 1,000-subscriber display | Unique, active subscribers |
| Brevo | Free forever, no credit card; up to 300 emails/day after sending approval | Starter $9/month or $97/year | Official card: from 5,000 emails/month |
| GetResponse | 14-day trial advertised | Starter $19/month or $15.58 annually | Official starting band: 1,000 subscribers |
| Klaviyo | Free plan, 250 active profiles, 500 emails/month | Email $20/month at 500 active profiles | Active profiles |
| HubSpot Marketing | Free CRM; Starter list $20/seat/month (official promo $7–$10 for new customers) | Starter as above; Professional $800–$890/month plus $3,000 onboarding | Packaged contacts and seats |
Compare ActiveCampaign's official quote
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Related: ActiveCampaign alternatives, ActiveCampaign free trial, MailerLite alternatives.
What this page will not do
It will not guess Constant Contact's 2026 list prices from unofficial roundups. It will not invent coupons for Constant Contact or ActiveCampaign. It will not claim that every Constant Contact customer should switch to ActiveCampaign. If official Constant Contact already matches your send volume and list size at a price you can verify on the official page, staying is a reasonable outcome.
If you opened this page because you already have a Constant Contact quote in front of you, use that official quote — not a figure from this article — as the left-hand column of your comparison.
FAQ
How much does Constant Contact cost?
We could not verify an official USD rate card on November 13, 2026, because official pricing URLs returned HTTP 403 from our research environment. Check constantcontact.com/pricing directly. We will not invent a number to fill this gap.
Is ActiveCampaign a good Constant Contact alternative?
It can be, when official ActiveCampaign limits match the work: a 1,000-contact minimum, no official free plan, and official Plus or Pro inclusions if you need more than Starter. If you need an official free plan or a published paid band below 1,000 contacts, several official tools above are closer published matches. Compare your official Constant Contact quote with the dated tables, rather than assuming a default winner.
Will you update this article when official Constant Contact prices are readable?
Yes. An update should be date-stamped and sourced from the official pricing page or an official catalog that page loads — the same method used for the other vendors here.
Why didn't you just use a third-party Constant Contact price?
Because this site's rule is official sources, dated, with no invented figures. A third-party roundup is not Constant Contact's catalog, and it can be stale or wrong. The honest status on November 13, 2026 is that official pricing URLs returned HTTP 403 from our environment.
Sources and method
Checked November 13, 2026 (America/Denver): official pricing URLs on constantcontact.com returned HTTP 403; no Constant Contact prices are quoted from unofficial sources. Verified figures: ActiveCampaign pricing and official USD catalog; Mailchimp pricing; MailerLite pricing; Kit pricing; Brevo pricing; GetResponse pricing; Klaviyo pricing; HubSpot Marketing pricing.